>>> LEAD EAST is a giant 50’s PARTY, offering more unique events than 15 normal shows put together! People come together every year, set up their pop-up tents and BBQs next to one another, and kick back to wallow in the good vibrations that permeate the air for this magic, nostalgic weekend. The mellow atmosphere that glows over Parsippany every Labor Day Weekend is unmatched by any old car or oldies music festival anywhere!

If you dig the good old days of greased hair, tail fins, and 50’s rock n’ roll, have we a PARTY for your entire family! Join us to relive and revisit the best decade in history. We GUARANTEE there is no other event remotely like this on the planet. If you don’t have a great time at LEAD EAST, check your pulse to see if you are still alive!

Since 1982 we’ve produced a 100% American, 100% family, 100% fun weekend of classic cars and legendary music with a full array of activities unmatched by any other event anywhere! Our events are held at first-class hotels with air-conditioned indoor events. We have two indoor and two outdoor stages with live entertainment on all four stages simultaneously! We’ve had old fashion Drive-In Movies for all 40 years! indoor movies also with a verity of titles and cartoons for the children. There are activities and clowns for the children and young at heart.

LEAD EAST offers a virtual smorgasbord of indoor and outdoor activities. From start in the morning with a Doo Wop A Cappella group singing our National Anthem over our public address system, until the third 50’s movie in each night’s triple feature at our outdoor ACE DRIVE IN finishes, every day offers a long list of fun things to do for young and old alike. Sock Hops, Drive-In Movies, Cruising, Jitterbug and Swing Dancing, Doo Wop A Cappella, Prom Night, and MORE!

Most car events are over by 4:00 in the afternoon and people pack up and go home, but LEAD EAST is just getting started! It rocks day and night, with some people still dancing in the parking lot when the sun comes up! LEAD EAST is renowned and unchallenged as THE BEST Oldies Nostalgia weekend anywhere! No other event even comes close.

Once again Lead East, the world’s biggest and best oldies festival, will be held at the Hilton Hotel 1 Hilton court Parsippany New Jersey on Labor Day weekend and will prove to be our best event ever. Our 40th year, under new Ownership, has many surprises and improvements in store we hope to see you there.

– 1800 OLD CARS
– 21 Bands, DJs & Doo Wop Groups
– NY/NJ Metro’s Biggest Old Car Event

LEAD EAST is for 1972 and earlier vehicles (1974 and earlier allowed Sunday)  but it’s far more than just a car show! You don’t have to bring an old car to come and enjoy. It’s about custom cars, individual American works of art. It’s the biggest Car Show in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Tri-state area. Four big parking lot packed with 1,800 cars

Weekend Spectator Wristbands: $55 Adult or $45 Junior (12 – 16 years)
One Day Spectator Adimission: $20 Adult or $15 Junior (12 – 16 years)
One Day Family Plan: $50 (Includes 2 adults and their children ages 12-16. Children under 11 are free. Concert, party and dance tickets available at the door at prices listed above)
One Day Car Plans: $50 Saturday or Sunday (Includes 2 arm bands)
$35 Saturday or Sunday (Includes 1 Arm Band)
Includes all children in car under 17.

If you have questions or comments or would like us to mail you a LEAD EAST brochure, please call us at (908) 876-9100 during regular business hours.